This session covers blocking out environment's geometry, importing props, set dressing, and how to create a sense of atmosphere through lighting.

In this tutorial we will give you an overview of how lighting works with Unity's real-time Global Illumination engine. We will walk you through the different lighting techniques available, explain how to setup your project for lighting and then explore the various tools at your disposal when considering how to light a scene.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to apply Shadow Fade Distance to lights. One way to optimize performance is to set a Shadow Fade distance on lights in the scene. The Shadow Fade property will gradually decrease shadows cast by objects further away from the light.

Bounced Indirect Lighting is also known as Global Illumination (GI). This system captures any light that bounces off at least two surfaces and then reaches the camera. GI enables effects that make the virtual world seem more realistic. A classic example of indirect lighting is the color bleed that occurs when sunlight hits a bright orange bin, causing orange light to be bounced onto the wall behind it.

Lighting in Unity is not governed solely by lights placed in the scene, but also by Global Illumination (GI), which includes light that bounces from one surface onto another. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to configure Global Illumination to get realistic lighting effects for your projects.

URP stands for “Universal Render Pipeline,” which aims to optimize real-time performance on performance-constrained platforms such as mobile devices or low-end consoles and PCs. It does this by making some tradeoffs in the lighting and shading sections of the pipeline. In this tutorial, you will learn to use URP to light scenes.

Light Probes are used to provide high-quality lighting on moving objects in your Scene. Light Probes allow you to have Baked lighting — such as Emissive Materials and Area lights to illuminate moving objects passing through the area. It really helps make Scenes more dynamic and cohesive. In this tutorial, you will learn to place and use light probes.

It’s important to understand light shapes because the shape determines how a Light affects the area it illuminates. When working with lights, using the right shape can make a noticeable difference in the fidelity of your project. In this tutorial, we will go over the possible shapes of each light and briefly review their attributes.

Introduced in Unity 2018.1, the High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) was developed to fulfill the needs of industries that require high-fidelity visuals. Area Lights in the HDRP are rendered in real time and, unlike previous pipelines, there’s no baking required. Area Lights now benefit from the HDRP’s unified lighting, which means there’s no longer a distinction between opaque, transparent, or volumetric Materials. In this tutorial, we will create an Area Light and then set its properties.

In this tutorial, you will: Explore the creative vision for the Buried Memories: Serekh project Explore the playable demo in the Asset Pack Identify what you think makes the demo a high fidelity experience This tutorial is part of Buried Memories: High Fidelity Game Visuals.